Spring wire collar snubber



Jan. 30, 1934. w o, L Y 1,945,422

SPRING WIRE COLLAR SNUBBER Filed May 31, 1929 Wi/liam 0. Dad

INVENTOR Patented Jan. 30, 1934 PATENT. OFFICE srnmc WIRE COLLAR SNUBBERWilliam 0. Dailey, Portland, Oreg Application May 31, 1929. Serial No.367,507

Claims. 01. 2-132) This invention is primarily intended to be worn uponshirts and other apparel. having'soft collars, or unstarched collars.

The invention consists of a one piece element 5 made from springmaterial that is adapted for being worn in a manner to engage theunderside of each of the collar ends and to engage the points of thecollar and maintain the same in normal position and alignment. Thecentral portion of the one piece element rests substantially horizontalwhen in normal wear, and a leg downwardly extends from the ends of thehorizontal portion with a pointed end adapted for engagement with theunderside of the collar Point and to maintain the same in a tautcondition and in normal position and alignment. Offsets are placed nearthe end of the horizontal portion of the body element with upturnedbends being placed at opposite sides of the body elements. The purposeof the upturned loops is to engage upon and rest upon the neck tie ofthe wearer and to maintain the tie in precise placement and position. Areturn bend is placed at the end of the bottom of each leg, with a pointterminating the leg. The purpose of the return bend is to limit thedistance that the point may penetrate the collar and to facilitate acompression being developed with the leg portion of the device, tothereby develop'a tension with the end and point portion of the collar.To facilitate the placement of the device, and to develop a tensionwithin the collar end and point, I place a fold or loop within each ofthe leg elements at a-point that may be easily grasped by the user. Aloop may beplaced central of the mid section of the body element tolocate the central portion relative to the collar, or upthroughout theseveral views.

per shirt button.

The primary purpose of my device is to maintain the ends and points ofsoft collars in placement and in position.

A further object of my invention is to maintain the neck tie in positionand in full raised position and to prevent the same dropping down andbelow the collar, or upper shirt button.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a device,through the use of which, soft collars may be worn-much longer than nowmaintains, and that will maintain the collar in a high state ofrespectability and in fine appearance.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a devicethat may be worn,

- without its appearance being known, and without the same showing.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a devicemade from spring material adapted for being used in conjunction with asoft shirt collar and necktie, and which has points adapted to engagethe points of the collar, and for exerting an upward pressure upon theunderside of the tie and for maintaining the tie in raised position andsimultaneously maintain the collar points stressed and the intermediateends of the collar under tension. The terminal ends of the device areadapted for being manually engaged to the points of the collar at thedesired position to vary the tension and stress applied to the collarand tie.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown in referenceto the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the. drawing- Fig. 1 is a front view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, front view, of a modified form of the upperside-of the body element.

Fig. 4 is still a further modified form of the upper side of the bodyelement.

Fig. 5 is a still and further modified form of the upper side of thebody element. 1

Fig. 6 illustrates one of my new and improved devices in place upon thewearer and illustrates the device in place and position relative to theshirt and collar of the user.

Like reference characters refer tolike parts I preferably make my deviceof round'sprlng material, but I do not wish to be limited in theconstruction of the same from round materials, as equally satisfactoryresults may be obtained through the use of other materials. I preferablyconstruct the same from piano wire, or from other high grade materialsand supply the same 0 from polished metal, or I plate the same,depending upon the character of trade to which the same are to besupplied.

I have found best results are to be obtained when I form the bodyelement of a single piece of material. The central portion 3 of whichmay be formed curved from the horizontal and inclined rearward at eitherend as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. A loop may be formed central of thebody element as illustrated at 3A to adapt the same to the collar, orshirt button and to maintain the same fixedly positioned relative to thebutton when the same is to engage the button.

The central portion 3 made as illustrated in Fig. 4 forms a straightline. The central portion made as illustrated in Fig. 5 is curved astill greater amount to adapt the central portion of the body element tothe contour of the body of the wearer and at the same time to fall belowthe collar, or shirt button and to thereby maintain the body elementsubstantially in placement and in position.

Upturned bends 2 are disposed at either end of the central portion ofthe body element. The purpose and object of the upturned bends is tomake the same engage upon the outside of the neck tie and to therebymaintain the tie in a raised position and in placement. Legs 4downwardly extend at either side of the body element. A loop, or curl,is placed within each of the legs to facilitate the firm grasping of thelegs, by the user, and to facilitate the positioning of the device inplacement upon the shirt and collar. The loop 1 is placed substantiallyin spaced relation with the point 7 and the loop 6 to provide a legportion 5 of substantial length. The point 'I is disposed upon theoutside of the leg and loop 6 in order that the, same may be made toengage the underside of the point of the collar. The pointed end of theloop is made relatively short in order that. the point will not passthrough the material forming the point of the collar.

.. While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted for fulfilling the objects primarily stated, it is to beunderstood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the oneform of embodiment'herein shown and described, as it is susceptible ofembodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claimswhich follow.

What I claim is-- 1. A device for supporting soft collars comprising twoforwardly extending needle points adapted to penetrate the under side ofthe collar, said points terminating in half circle involuted loops,

and which are adapted to limit the penetration of the points into thecollar, legs upwardly extending from said loops, inverted U -shapedbends terminating each of the legs, a central portion forwardlyextending from said bends, and a hand engaging loop disposed upon eachleg for facilitating the manipulation of the device.

' 2. A device for supporting soft collars comprising two extendingneedle points adapted to penetrate the under side of the collar, meansfor limiting the amount of penetration of the needle points within thecollar fabric, legs upwardly extending from said means, invertedU-shaped bends terminating each of the legs, a central portion forwardlyextending from said bends, and a hand engaging loop disposed upon eachleg for facilitating the manipulation of the device.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising 9.

ly extending from said loops, a pair of loops disposed upon the legsadapted for assisting manipulation of .the assembly, inverted U-shapedbends terminating the legs, adapted for placement on the outer tieportion, and a central portion forwardly extending from the bends andadapted to tension the bends when placed upon the collar.

4. A device for supporting soft collars including a central portiondesigned to underlie the knot of the tie and exert a slight outwardpressure on the knot, members arranged at the ends of the centralportion and extending abruptly upwardly therefrom to provide sections toengage with the necktie immediately adjacent the knot and to besubjected to pressure incident to the bearing of the knot on the centralportion, and legs extending downwardly and terminating materially belowthe central portion, the terminals of the legs being pointed directlyaway from said sections for collar penetration purposes and the legsbeing formed adjacent the terminal points with means to limitpenetrative depth of such points in the collar, the bearing cooperationof the central portion and members serving to hold the device inposition with respect to the collar and necktie and the legs, with theterminal points engaged in thecollar points serving to hold the collarsections adjacent the points smoothly extended and in proper relation tothe tie.

5. A soft collar supporter made up of a single length of wire formed toprovide a central portion to underlie the knot of the tie used with thecollar, the wire length at the respective ends of the central portionbeing deflected abruptly upwardly at a substantially right angle to theplane of the central portion, then formed in a return bend and projectedin the opposite direction materially beyond the central portion toprovide legs, the terminals of the legs being formed as sharpened pointsand the legs immediately adjacent said terminals being shaped tolimitthe penetration of the pointed ends, the plane of the centralportion being in its main length substantially in advance of the planeof the legs when considered in the position of use, that por-' tion ofthe device arranged above the central portion in a position of useserving to bear on the tie sections immediately beyond the knot under apressure incident to the weight of the knot on the central portion, thelength of the legs permitting the sharpened terminals thereof to engagethe collar adjacent the free points of the outer band and hold suchouter band in a substantially' predetermined, normally smooth, fittingposition.

WILLIAM O. DAILEY.

